Bordados / Embroideries vs Fun Home: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Muñequitos, Novela gráfica, Comic books, Graphic Novels, Biography & Memoir
Bordados / Embroideries
A collection of stories and anecdotes, told in the form of a graphic novel, reveals the love and sex lives of a group of women as revealed during an afternoon of conversation and tea-drinking.
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Fun Home
“LIKE MANY FATHERS, MINE COULD OCCASIONALLY BE PREVAILED ON FOR A SPOT OF "AIRPLANE."”
A fresh and brilliantly told memoir from a cult favorite comic artist, marked by gothic twists, a family funeral home, sexual angst, and great books. This breakout book by Alison Bechdel is a darkly funny family tale,…
The verdict
- Readers rate Fun Home highest: Fun Home 4.1 · Bordados / Embroideries 3.8.
- Fun Home has the widest readership — 208213 ratings behind its score.
- Fun Home runs the darker storyline; Bordados / Embroideries stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Bordados / Embroideries | Fun Home | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.1 (208213) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (64) | 4.1 (453) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (71) |
Reception
| Bordados / Embroideries | Fun Home | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 64 | 208213 |
| Editions | 19 | 20 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 159113 |
| Reading it now | — | 2771 |
| Written reviews | — | 15811 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 6179 |
| Pages | 136 | 235 |